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Frat gala to raise funds for scholarships
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Wed,08/02/17-5:23PM , 194 Reads
Good fun, good music, good food and good deeds will commingle on Saturday night at the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.’s Earnest “Hutt” Williams Annual Scholarship Gala at the Historic Elks Building in downtown Greenwood.
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Who pays for water hook-up?
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Wed,08/02/17-5:17PM , 182 Reads
The Itta Bena Board of Aldermen wrangled with infrastructure issues in a long meeting on Tuesday.

At the top of the list was water and sewer and whether customers should be charged for water tap hook-up or whether the city should shoulder that expense.
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Many theories, but no answers
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Tue,08/01/17-1:00PM , 163 Reads
As search and recovery is nearly completed, one key question looms over efforts at the site of a July 10 KC-130T military plane crash in western Leflore County: What happened to the plane?
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Civil trial postponed until Oct.
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Mon,07/31/17-6:09PM , 215 Reads
The civil trial sought by Greenwood attorney Lee Abraham against former oncologist Arnold Smith has been postponed again.

The trial, which had been scheduled to begin Aug. 7 in Lowndes County Circuit Court, is now set for Oct. 23 due to recent motions filed by both parties and the Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.
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